Darrick Martin
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Darrick David Martin (born March 6, 1971 in Denver, Colorado but raised in Long Beach, California) is an American veteran basketball player, currently with the NBA's Toronto Raptors. Martin became known as a solid veteran who provided quality minutes as a reserve, maintaining a career free throw percentage of 85%. In each of two December 1996 games, he scored 15 of 15 foul shots, posting a career-high 38 points in the latter.
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[edit] Pre-NBA career
The 5'11" point guard was not drafted by an NBA franchise and instead played for the Continental Basketball Association's Sioux Falls Skyforce, (where he was the league's 10th leading scorer with 21 points per game) prior to signing two consecutive 10-day contracts with the NBA's Minnesota Timberwolves in February 1995.
[edit] Memphis Grizzlies
At the beginning of the 1995-96 NBA season he signed with the Vancouver Grizzlies as a free agent, but the Grizzlies traded him back to the Timberwolves two months later, in exchange for a second-round draft pick. His scoring average in these first two seasons remained at about seven points per game.
[edit] Los Angeles Clippers
Martin signed with the Los Angeles Clippers in 1996 and remained with them for three seasons, averaging ten points per game in (and playing all 82 games of) the first two of them.
[edit] Kings
Martin's contract expired once again after the lockout-shortened 1999 season, and he signed with Sacramento Kings where he would spend the next two years. Late in the Kings' 130-109 win over the Dallas Mavericks on March 6, 2000, Martin came off the bench to score 11 points in only two minutes.
[edit] Trivia
Fans and supporters of Darrick Martin note that the teams he has been on have enjoyed unusual success. During Darrick's tenures on these teams, the '97 Clippers made an improbable run to the playoffs, the '99 Sacramento Kings emerged as title contenders, the '01 Mavericks won the Western Conference, the '03 Timberwolves finally won a first round playoff series, and the '04 Clippers finished with their best regular season record since moving to Los Angeles.
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